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A bill to delay for 6 months the requirement to use of tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid program.

9/25/2007--Passed Senate without amendment.    (There is 1 other summary)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 to delay for six months, from September 30, 2007, through March 31, 2008, the effective date of the requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription pads under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prescribe covered outpatient drugs.

Latest Actions
  • 11/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 09/27/2007 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 09/27/2007 - Received in the House.
  • 09/27/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • 09/25/2007 - Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12076)

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.2085 Referred to House Committee after being Received from Senate09/29/2007
S.2085 Introduced in Senate09/29/2007
S.2085 Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by Senate09/27/2007